Author Biography

Ann Bausum writes about U.S. history for young people from her home in Beloit, Wisconsin. Her publisher, National Geographic Children's Books, is releasing two new titles by her in 2007: Our Country's First Ladies and Muckrakers. Other recent books examine issues of social justice—including the 72-year-long fight for women's voting rights (With Courage and Cloth, 2004) and the Civil Rights struggle to integrate interstate bus service (Freedom Riders, 2006). She has written about Our Country's Presidents (2005, 2nd edition) and the explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs, 2000), too.

Her books consistently earn awards and recognition, including a Sibert Honor designation for Freedom Riders and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award for With Courage and Cloth. Both titles were named notable books by the American Library Association (ALA), too, and gained recognition on many other lists of commended books. In addition, Booklist, the ALA's trade magazine, named Freedom Riders "Top of the List" as the best youth nonfiction book of 2006.

Ann graduated from Beloit College in 1979. Two of her books feature other Beloit College graduates: Roy Chapman Andrews (class of 1906) and Jim Zwerg (class of 1962). She and her husband (who is a Beloit graduate, too) have two teenaged sons.

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